Juan Felipe Herrera HerreraJuan Felipe Herrera has dedicated his life to poetry, community, art, and teaching. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2015 to 2017 and California from 2012 to 2015. He has written more than 30 books in various genres. Herrera is a ecipient of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. His poem "Sunriders," which appears in this collection, was placed in the capsule of NASA Lucy in 2021. He has been awarded the Robert Frost Medal, the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, the Latino Hall of Fame Award, a Pushcart Prize, a UCR/LARB Lifetime Achievement Award, a Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award, and the UCLA Chancellor's Medal. Juan Felipe lives in Fresno, California, with his wife, poet, Margarita Luna Robles. Read More Read Less